The Change Of Temperature

Classical Mechanics Level 2

I purchase / buy an ice cream for an experiment. I put my ice cream into the microwave which is radiating at room temperature (20 degrees / 68 fahrenheit). Soon, after all the ice turned into liquid, what temperature would the liquid be at?

Ignore side effects like the cone possibly melting.

0 degrees celsius / freezing point 100 degrees celsius / boiling point 20 degrees celsius / room temperature The ice won't turn into liquid.

Ethan Lay by Ethan Lay , 15, Australia

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Ethan Lay
Dec 18, 2018

If the ice cream was put into the microwave, the heat would, obviously, melt the ice. It's only 20 degrees near the ice cream, and the liquid can't be higher in temperature than that. Eventually, it will turn into the same temperature than the temperature around it. So in the end, it's 20 degrees celsius / room temperature!

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By 'soon' if you mean immediately after the ice melts, wouldn't it be at 0°C? The liquid would obviously eventually become 20°, but it would start at 0°.

Parth Sankhe - 2 years, 5 months ago

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I agree with Parth on this. Right after the ice cream melts to liquid, it should be at 0 ∘ 0^ \circ C.

Rohit Gupta - 2 years, 5 months ago

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